Conventional Gestures

Conventional gestures are those that are part of a shared symbolic system of communication. The seriesConventional Gestures makes available new research on this subject, as well as books of importance that have long been out of print.

Richard L. Epstein, with the assistance and collaboration and illustrations by Alex Raffi

Conventional gestures are those movements we make, such as waving hello and shaking hands, that are part of a learned, shared, symbolic system. In this book Richard L. Epstein working with the illustrator Alex Raffi examines how such gestures mean and how we can study them

This dictionary of conventional gestures for the Dominican Republic contains more than 250 entries along with a substantial essay about the society, culture, and background of the people of Santo Domingo.